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J.C.GOVB. RESERVING HOUSE.

No. 60,716, Patented Jan. 1, 1867.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY A(QNCERIT:

Be it known that I, JOHN 1C. GOVE, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Fruit and Meat-Preserving'Houses; and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents an end view.

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section through one of thedoors, b.

Figure 3 represents a crosssection.

My invention consists in the construction of a suitable-sized house,made of wood or metal, or both, lfor the preservation of the variouskinds of fruits or meats, and one that will prevent or obviate the largeamount of ice ordinarily used for that purpose.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the house and C C a series ofice-chambers, made in the form as shown, and placed near the rooi'vofthe house. vBetween each ice-chamber and the sides of the house, andbetween the chambers themselves, are air-chambers, D-D. -The ice-boxesare cove-red by suitable lids, g g, so that the tops of them and thetops of the air-chambers together f'orm a iioor, whereupon is placedsaw-dust, straw, or other non-conductors, filling the receptaeleB. Thebottoms of the ice-boxes are made higher in the centre than at the ends,(as seen at iig'. 2,) to dra-w the water out of the house. E representsthe room which is directly beneath the ice-bones, and wherein the fruitor meat is placed, theice cooling the air in the chambers, when itdescends and keeps the fruits or meats inltheir perfect state. At eachend of the fruit-house there are doors; the door a is to open into thepreserving-room, while the doors Iz b open into the ice-boxes, so thatany one of said boxes may bereilled without disturbing the other or thearticles in the preserving-room, while there can be a. pipe of anydescription passing through the house for ventilation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by-Letters Patent, is-

l. The ice-chambers or boxes C C, arranged above the preserving-room Eand below the receptacle B, said boxes being separated from each otherand the sides of the house by air-chambers, D D, and being provided.with doors at their ends and outside of the house, as and for thepurpose herein speciied.

2. The arrangementf the fruit-house 'A with a room, E, for preservingfruit, m1, with ice-boxes, C C, .chamber or receptacle B, and air-spacesDD, the preserving-room and ice-chambers being provided )with doors,which are separate and distinct, and opening into each from the outsideof the house, as and for the purpose speciiied.

As evidencel that I claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand inpresence of witnesses.

JOHN. c. eom.`

Witnesses:

J. HALLE, J. E. HALL.

